Michalski 7 – 05.01.12

Baroque – pearl of irregular shape

Baroque style

decorations, sculptures, lots of everything

Metaphysical poetry – heterogeneous ideas are yoked as if by violence together

fruitful combination of thought and feeling

yoke - a long piece of wood that is fastened across the necks of two animals, especially oxen, so that they can pull heavy loads

conceipt = koncept, oryginalny pomysł, wit

Scholasticism

The Flea – John Donne

the speaker is the lover who wants to have sex

he's getting desperate, he's tried lot of ways to get to her but he still has one card in his sleeve. It's all about sex, not romantical description. He's talking to her not to kill the 3 lives – his, her and flea

It's playful, not tragic. It's a seduction poem

Holy Sonnet X

poor death – death lives on illusion it is powerful and undefeated